Clatsop County Commission to Reconsider Oregon LNG Pipeline Decision
Posted on Jul 21, 2014 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Clatsop County Commission to Reconsider Oregon LNG Pipeline Decision
The Daily Astorian reports that Clatsop County commissioners have decided to reconsider a prior decision denying a land use permit for a pipeline to supply the proposed Oregon LNG terminal. A recent ruling by the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals found bias in the earlier decision denying the permit. The article states that the scope of review for reconsideration will be determined...
FERC Begins Pre-Filing Environmental Review of Louisiana LNG Energy Terminal
Posted on Jul 21, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Begins Pre-Filing Environmental Review of Louisiana LNG Energy Terminal
FERC has approved Louisiana LNG Energy, LLC’s (LLE) application to initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for LLE’s proposed Mississippi River Liquefied Natural Gas export facility in Plaquemines Parish, La. on the east bank of the Mississippi River. LLE proposes to construct four liquefaction trains, each with production capacity of 74,380 Mcf per day, for a total...
FERC Issues Schedule For Environmental Review
Posted on Jul 18, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Pipelines | Comments Off on FERC Issues Schedule For Environmental Review
FERC issued a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review for the Jordan Cove Liquefaction and Pacific Connector Pipeline Projects. The planned schedule set February 27, 2015, as the date for the issuance of notice of availability of the final Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) and May 28, 2015, as the 90-day Federal Authorization Decision Deadline. Jordan Cove’s proposed LNG...
Corpus Christi and EDF Sign 20-Year SPA
Posted on Jul 18, 2014 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Corpus Christi and EDF Sign 20-Year SPA
Cheniere Energy, Inc. announced in a news release that its subsidiary, Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC, entered into a liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) sale and purchase agreement (“SPA”) with Électricité de France, S.A. (“EDF”). Under the SPA, EDF has agreed to purchase approximately 0.38 million tonnes per annum (“mtpa”) of LNG upon the commencement of operations of Train...
Watson Island LNG and the City of Prince Rupert, B.C. Sign Exclusivity Agreement for Export Terminal
Posted on Jul 17, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Watson Island LNG and the City of Prince Rupert, B.C. Sign Exclusivity Agreement for Export Terminal
On Wednesday, Watson Island LNG Corp. (WILNG) and the City of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, announced that they have entered into an exclusivity agreement for an LNG export terminal. Under the agreement, WILNG will re-purpose Watson Island, B.C. into a small LNG export terminal. Mayor Jack Mussallem remarked on the agreement: “We are optimistic this project will be an economic...
FERC Grants Extension of Time for Comments on Dominion Cove Point LNG
Posted on Jul 16, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Grants Extension of Time for Comments on Dominion Cove Point LNG
FERC issued a notice granting Patuxent Riverkeeper, an environmental group, an extension of time until August 1, 2014, to comment on privileged and Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (“CEII”) documents. Patuxent Riverkeeper received the documents after a June 13, 2014 FERC order requiring Dominion Cove Point LLP (“DCPL”) to provide Patuxent Riverkeeper with CEII and other...